Canadian Virtual War Memorial
Gordon Stirling
In memory of:
Lieutenant Gordon Stirling
September 15, 1916
Military Service
Army
Scots Guards
attd. Machine Gun Corps
Military Cross
Additional Information
Commemorated on Page 574 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.
Burial Information
LONDON CEMETERY AND EXTENSION
Somme, France
9.A.35.
Longueval is a village 40 kilometres north-east of Amiens and 12 kilometres east-north-east of Albert, a town on the D929 road from Amiens to Bapaume and Cambrai. From the D929 direction Bapaume-Albert take the 2nd turning for Martinpuich and continue along the D6 direction Longueval, for 2 kilometres. LONDON CEMETERY AND EXTENSION sits on the right hand side of the road.
Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
Digital Collection
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Newspaper Clipping – Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me. From the Annie Boyes collection courtesy of the Simcoe County Archives. http://www.simcoe.ca/dpt/arc -
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Newspaper clipping – From the Daily Colonist of November 2, 1916. Image taken from web address of https://archive.org/details/dailycolonist58y280uvic/mode/1up?view=theater -
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Photo of Gordon Stirling – Gordon in the trenches with a dog named "Wipers" in August 1916, one month before his death.
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